Food Sensitivity Tests: Science or Scam?
Friday, November 2, 2018 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC and online at the CBC TV streaming app and cbc.ca/watch
Always feeling bloated, tired or sick? Ever get the feeling it is something you’ve eaten? Many of us are buying into popular and pricey food sensitivity tests promising instant results. These blood tests are pitched and sold by Canada’s biggest labs, but over 25 Canadian and international organisations warn that the tests are “irrelevant” and “should not be performed”. Charlsie Agro rolls up her sleeve to take the test and investigate whether you can really trust the results.
Shut Him Down
Friday, November 2, 2018 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC and online at the CBC TV streaming app and cbc.ca/watch from 12noon the same day (repeats Sunday, November 4, at 8 p.m. ET/PT and Thursday November 8, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBC News Network)
Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson, the directorial debut of Patricia Marcoccia, is a timely one-hour point-of-view documentary film focusing on University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson’s controversial rise to fame from an unprecedented behind-the-scenes perspective. The film documents over 110 hours of vérité, fly-on-the-wall moments with Peterson, his family, activists, students and professors, ranging from staunch supporters of Peterson to those who vehemently oppose him.
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBC News Network (repeats Sunday, November 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and Wednesday November 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBC News Network)
For months, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — and President Donald Trump’s fury about it — have dominated the headlines. Now, in the days before the midterm elections, Trump’s Showdown traces the events that have led the White House to the brink of what could become a Constitutional crisis. The documentary reveals how an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election has grown to threaten Donald Trump’s presidency. The film draws on in-depth interviews with former heads of U.S. intelligence agencies, Trump insiders, attorneys, authors and journalists.
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Humboldt’s Toll
Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC and online at the CBC TV streaming app and cbc.ca/watch
Part two of our investigation into safety into buses. This time we look at coach buses, ridden by hundreds of thousands of Canadians each year….the exact kind of bus involved in the Humboldt tragedy. Our findings show that Transport Canada was warned years ago, after other accidents, that seat belts on buses save lives. Yet minister after minister ignored.
Anote’s Ark
**Premiere of Canadian Doc Channel Original that was featured in both Sundance Film Festival and HotDocs
Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, Tuesday November 6, 2018 at 7 p.m. ET/PT and Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 4 p.m. ET/PT
What if your country was swallowed by the sea? The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati (population: 100,000) is one of the most remote places on the planet, seemingly far-removed from the pressures of modern life. Yet it is one of the first countries that must confront the main existential dilemma of our time: imminent annihilation from sea-level rise.
While Kiribati’s President Anote Tong races to find a way to protect his nation’s people and maintain their dignity, many Kiribati are already seeking safe harbour overseas. Set against the backdrop of international climate and human rights negotiations, Anote’s struggle to save his nation is intertwined with the extraordinary fate of Sermary, a young mother of six, who fights to migrate her family to New Zealand. At stake are the survival of Sermary’s family, the Kiribati people, and 4,000 years of Kiribati culture, and serves as a cautionary tale for low lying populations everywhere.
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